Even at a young age Lawrence Cresswell knew he wanted to be a doctor. As a high schooler in New York, he participated in a program at the University of Rochester and remembers asking students there about potential pre-med programs. He was pointed to Xavier University in New Orleans. Over the years this small private university has built a reputation in successfully graduating some of the highest numbers of black pre-med students in the country. In 2017, the Association of American College's reportedthat with 103 pre-med graduates, Xavier was second only to Howard University in Washington D.C. in graduating the highest numbers of pre-med students who identify as either black or African American. Those efforts are significant considering the chronic underrepresentation of African American, as well as Hispanic, medical students in the U.S. Students who identify as white (58.8 percent) and Asian (19.8 percent) represented the largest proportion of medical school graduates in 2015, … [Read more...] about How Xavier University sends more black grads to medical school than almost any other college
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Ohio looks toward future of e-schools as ECOT assets are sold off
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio is still waiting for a state Supreme Court ruling that will either drive the final nail into ECOT's coffin or let the controversial online school rise from the dead. But the assets of the recently closed charter school are being sold off, some in surprising ways, as state officials start digging into major lingering issues about online schools overall. The biggest: How can Ohio best fund and oversee online schools to avoid messes like ECOT in the future? In the latest development, the Columbus school district this week purchased ECOT's Columbus headquarters at auction for about $3.2 million. The property at 3700 South High St. in a commercial area of strip malls comes with 26 acres of land along with its 138,000 square feet of office space. The Columbus school board voted to bid so it could snag property below market value, consolidate offices and sell other buildings for even more money. The Franklin County Auditor values the ECOT property at $6.7 … [Read more...] about Ohio looks toward future of e-schools as ECOT assets are sold off
Mustang school board to consider interim leader, search firm
Reached Friday, school board member Stacy Oldham said Hime is attending the meeting to advise the board on the process. "It is only fact finding at this point," he said. Following the presentation, the board will meet privately before returning to open session to discuss and possibly act to hire an interim superintendent and a superintendent search service, according to the agenda. Fulton previously said there are several qualified internal candidates to lead the 11,400-student district, including Charles Bradley, Mustang's deputy superintendent. Bradley has served as an interim high school principal and the district's top academic officer. He has picked up some of McDaniel's responsibilities during the transition, Fulton said. "The board could name him as an interim superintendent, absolutely they could," he said. "Charles has some great qualifications." … [Read more...] about Mustang school board to consider interim leader, search firm
See how many police incidents were reported at your school
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The NYPD recently released its Student Safety Act report, which is published quarterly and captures data related to police activity in New York City schools. On Staten Island, the total number of incidents boroughwide dropped almost 5 percent during the first three months of 2018 when compared to the same period in 2017 -- from 298 to 285. Incidents that occurred in schools include: assault, robbery, rape, aggravated harassment, grand larceny, possession of marijuana, possession of an imitation weapon, disorderly conduct, menacing, reckless endangerment, trespassing and criminal possession of a controlled substance. Using the Advance's interactive tool below, you can search to see the number of incidents reported at your school from January to March 2018. To use the search tool: 1. Type the first few characters of your school's name in the first field, for example PS 1 or IS 27. (Note: Do not use periods, as in I.S. 27.) 2. A list of schools will appear; simply … [Read more...] about See how many police incidents were reported at your school
Resale store gives $25,000 to local high school
Calvary's Gift resale store last week gave $25,000 to Calvary Lutheran High School, which brought the total amount of money given by the store to the school for tuition assistance to $1 million. "This ministry that Calvary's Gift has really does have an impact here and allows for more students to be able to attend Calvary than would be possible without what they do," CLHS Executive Director John Christman said. Calvary's Gift was founded in 2009 to provide tuition assistance to Calvary Lutheran students. "It's far exceeded anything we dreamed of," Becky Engelbrecht said. Christman credited Engelbrecht with having the original idea for Calvary's Gift. She said the volunteer-run store never really had a goal in mind for how much they wanted to raise for tuition assistance. By the end of 2010, the store had given CLHS $31,800. The store gave $140,500 in 2015 — the first year of a six-figure annual total of monetary donations to the school — and last year gave the school … [Read more...] about Resale store gives $25,000 to local high school